RFE/RL's Radio Farda breaks through government censorship to deliver accurate news and provide a platform for informed discussion and debate to audiences in Iran.
US President Donald Trump will determine what constitutes "unconditional surrender" by Iran in the face of US-Israeli bombardment, the White House said on March 10, amid questions about how long the war may last.
US and Israeli forces continued to strike government targets in Iranian cities and military sites on March 10 as US defense chief Pete Hegseth warned new attacks will be the heaviest yet. Iran responded with its own strikes on nearby countries, including Bahrain.
After the Iranian women's soccer team declined to sing along with their country's anthem at an Asian Cup game, an Iranian state TV presenter denounced them as "wartime traitors." Fearing for their safety, five of the players reportedly left their training camp in Australia on March 9 to seek asylum.
Chanting against Iran's newly appointed supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, could be heard in video posted on social media. Voices chanting "Death to Mojtaba" echoed through buildings in a Tehran residential neighborhood on March 8.
US President Donald Trump said the military operation launched against Iran last month will end "very soon" and vowed to hit the country "much, much harder" if it blocks oil supplies in the Middle East.
The election of Mojtaba Khamenei as the new leader by Iran's Assembly of Experts following the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a US-Israeli attack marks the first time that the son of a supreme leader succeeds his father in the Islamic republic.
Iran has named hard-liner Mojtaba Khamenei to replace his father, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as supreme leader, likely putting him directly in the sights of the US and Israeli militaries.
A woman living in Tehran describes witnessing heavy air attacks on the city, living in fear mixed with hope. The killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has brought "happiness about the dictator being gone" but that feeling is balanced with anxiety about the future, she told RFE/RL.
Iran's capital city saw the heaviest strikes witnessed so far on the seventh day of joint US-Israeli air attacks, according to social videos shared online. Verified user-generated video showed central areas of Tehran and government buildings coming under intense attacks.
President Donald Trump said Washington will help choose the next leader of Iran as US and Israeli forces continued air strikes amid growing concerns of a broader conflict after drones launched from Iran struck Azerbaijan and Israel pushed into southern Lebanon.
RFE/RL's Radio Farda spoke with a woman in Tehran who described life in the Iranian capital as it faces days of ongoing missile strikes. Her voice has been altered for security reasons. The US and Israel continue military operations against Iran, while Teheran retaliates with strikes.
Chaos and destruction was seen surrounding Tehran's landmark Azadi Tower on March 3, as local residents scramble to help the injured and navigate through thick smoke. Widespread damage and hundreds of deaths were reported in the wake of joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran that began on February 28.
RFE/RL’s Radio Farda has talked to several people in Tehran, the Iranian capital, as the United States and Israel wage an aerial assault of the country.
Thousands of mourners filled the streets of Minab in southern Iran to grieve for more than 100 students who were killed in a strike on a girls' school on February 28. The United States has said it would not deliberately strike a school, but Iranian authorities are blaming the US and Israel.
Speaking at the White House alongside the visiting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, US President Donald Trump said "Something had to be done" about Iran, as the United States and Israel continued bombarding the Islamic republic for a fourth day and Tehran retaliated with strikes across the region.
Videos shared online on March 2 show the impact of missiles hitting Tehran on the third day of a military campaign against Iran by the United States and Israel. The Iranian Red Crescent Society put the death toll in Iran at more than 500 and said dozens more had been killed across the region.
As Iran reels from a US and Israeli bombing campaign that has killed several or perhaps even dozens of senior leaders, national security chief Ali Larijani has emerged as one of the key figures in what remains of the country's power structures.
RFE/RL spoke with a resident of the Iranian city of Sanandaj who described air strikes he said were carried out by Israel against military and security sites near residential areas. According to the witness, nearby homes were heavily damaged and civilians were injured.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ruled Iran for decades. His supporters saw him as a wise leader, his critics as an authoritarian who led the Islamic republic into further international isolation. His latter years as supreme leader were marred by mass protests and a brutal crackdown that killed thousands.
Damage from Iranian counterstrikes that followed a joint US-Israeli air attack on February 28 has been reported in Israel, Bahrain, and Qatar. Blasts were heard in the Qatari capital, Doha, and smoke billowed over Bahrain hours after the air strikes on Iran.
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